In exciting news, the coral quarantine has cycled
Yes
Finally
Haven't set up any of the lights
or anything that I should actually have in there
but it is time to start thinking about
what corals I need to add to that thing,
because this tank
the Waterbox 220g behind me,
it's been set up for like six months
and I still don't have anything in it besides, like,
snails.
So I need to start thinking about corals.
I mean, seriously,
you know, it's about time.
Coral quarantine
obviously still haven't set up the lights here or anything
like that because I'm absolutely the laziest reefer you've ever met.
I have everything here, so I will be setting this up today, actually.
So exciting news.
But yeah,
it's time to start thinking
about adding something to get this process going.
The issue with picking out what corals
I should add to the 220g is that I'm incredibly indecisive.
To say I have a hard time picking out corals is a total understatement.
I go back and forth, back and forth like,
for a really long time.
And the acro
fever that I recently came down with,
it's it's definitely not helping
the decisions that I have to make because obviously this tank is brand new,
not be adding sexy sticks at this point in time,
unfortunately.
So to solve my indecisive nature, I figured that I get
A mystery coral box.
Yes, a mystery coral box.
How frightening is that?
I mean, you don't know what you're going to get.
You don't know if you're going to like it.
You don't know anything because it's a mystery.
Right?
But
had it been any other situation, I would have been a little bit hesitant.
But I got this mystery coral box from Reef Tide
and they have an incredible selection.
I mean, I,
I don't even think they could add ugly
coral to a mystery box even if they tried.
So really excited to open this package and this mystery coral box.
I kind of wish I waited because they actually
have a live sale like tomorrow on Saturday.
So I should have probably waited.
But, hey,
you know,
it arrived and I'm super excited to open this thing and see what is inside.
I haven't gotten a box of corals in, like, so long.
I am so excited right now.
You know, it's like the best feeling when you hear the doorbell ring and, you know,
there's a lovely box of coral sitting outside.
I definitely forgot this feeling.
It's a good one.
Time to see what is inside.
Yes, I'm actually standing on a ladder
because I am way too short for this this this angle we got going here.
But let's do it.
OK,
I love this.
It labels the ice
so, you know, you know?
A nice sticker here,
some nice stickers, multiple stickers.
Heck yeah.
We got some sexy corals here.
Look at them.
We got a lot here.
So we got six beautiful corals here.
This packaging, you know,
can we take a moment and just appreciate how sturdy this thing is?
Like that is secure.
Ain't no coral, no leaks going on with this package.
Really excited to see what actually they are.
Hopefully I like them.
I honestly don't remember the last time I was this excited to get corals.
Let us see what we got.
I think I need to get a scissor
Hokay
so
these labels are so cool. Check that out.
I don't know if you can see, but it has the name of the coral and then
what flow it likes and what lighting it likes.
So we have a splatter bomb.
It looks like a blasto.
So can you tell
We have a Miami Vice!
And then we have,
are you serious?
These are so hot
I got a jolly rancher blastos guys.
One bag down, let's see what else we got.
Oh yeah, this one's going to be pretty sick
X-ray blasto.
Look at this thing.
You can already see how like neon green.
Nice, nice.
A Riddler bounce mushroom.
A mushroom garden is actually like so sick to include like near the base
of my structure
the start of a beautiful mushroom
mushroom garden?
Is that what you call them?
I've actually been a little bit eh about
keeping mushrooms in the past because of my 40 gallon.
My tank is so small that the crazy flow that I have going on there,
like the mushrooms, were just
so excited to actually add some to this bigger build.
This one is so exciting.
Love ricordias.
I love them, love them, love them.
They're so beautiful
and it's massive.
I'm definitely not disappointed with this mystery box.
Definitely going to check out that live sale
because,
you know.
These are pretty sick.
Anyway,
it's time to dip.
Oh my gosh.
It squirted at me.
Geez this is well packaged.
Hold up
I didn't even notice that.
Do you see that little rubber band?
I've never actually seen that before.
So, like, there's no way that thing is coming out.
That mushroom ain't going nowhere.
Coolest little contraption and idea ever.
Revive dip.
I just placed these guys into the tank,
they're obviously still really angry.
Will update you here to see how these
guys look all settled in
two hours later
Got that fire.
Appreciate all of the love y'all
I actually do feel a lot better now,
so get ready to get sick of me
and shout out to Laurel for pointing out my poor maintenance practices.
Laurel, you're embarrassing me.
OK.
My filter socks are absolute filth,
but did you really expect more from me?
And I know this sounds a bit weird,
but I actually found a way to make cleaning your skimmer out manageable.
I don't know if y'all have ever been
to like a geyser or anything,
but skimmatesmells like straight up sulfer.
I just picture that I'm hanging out at,
like, Old Faithful
and it totally makes it much less disgusting.
I really suggest it. v
And thank you for appreciating my poor attempts at humor.
I'm definitely going to let this comment go to my head now.